SHE IS EXPECTED TO BE OFFICIALLY FIRED NEXT WEEK. BACK TO YOU. ORANGE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAVE JUST IDENTIFIED A YOUNG CHILD FOUND WALKING ALONE DOWN A BUSY STREET LAST NIGHT. THE BOY HAS BEEN IN STATE CARE FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS NOW. BOB KEALING IS LIVE AT THE BOY'S HOUSE. THOUGH THERE IS ENCOURAGING NEWS, THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING? THAT'S RIGHT, JIM. JUST IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MINUTES A SHERIFF DEPUTY LEFT THIS HOUSE HERE, 4720, WHERE THE BOY HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF THEN APPARENTLY WANDERED AWAY WITHOUT HIS 17-YEAR-OLD UNCLE WHO IS HIS CARETAKER KNOWING ABOUT IT. THIS WENT ON FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS. AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY THEY ARE GLAD THAT SOMEBODY REPORTED THIS CHILD WANDERING ALONG NORTH LANE SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY. HE LOOKS FAMILIAR. MALCOLM SCARLETT LIVES IN THE AREA NEAR NORTH LANE WHERE A PASSER COWBOY NOTICED THIS -- PASSER-BY NOTICED T. J. WANDERING ALONE YESTERDAY EVENING AND CALLED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WHEN THE DEPUTY GOT OUT THERE SURE ENOUGH THERE'S A CHILD ABOUT FOUR TO SIX YEARS OLD. HE COULDN'T REALLY GIVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION. THANK GOODNESS A CITIZEN THOUGHT ENOUGH TO CALL US AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THERE AND RESCUE THIS CHILD. AROUND 3:00, RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED THE CHILD AS LIVING AT THIS HOME ON NEARBY ROBBINS AVENUE. INVESTIGATORS HAVE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED HIM AS FOUR-YEAR-OLD TERRENCE JORDAN EMILE. THEY SAY THERE WAS SOME SORT OF MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MOTHER AND THE DAYCARE PROVIDER. THEY'VE NOT MADE ANY DECISION ON POSSIBLE CHARGES. NOW I SPOKE WITH THE CHILD'S UNCLE HERE AT THE HOUSE. HE TOLD ME THAT HE LEFT THE HOME THIS MORNING THINKING THAT THE LITTLE BOY'S MOTHER HAD ALREADY COME AND PICKED HIM UP. CLEARLY THERE IS MORE TO THIS STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE UNRAVELED. BUT THE BIGGER PICTURE IS, THIS CHILD IS THE THIRD ONE FOUND WANDERING ALONG BUSY ORANGE COUNTY ROADWAYS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR SO. AND COMING UP AT FIVE AND 6:00, WE'RE GOING TELL YOU HOW THIS CASE COULD HAVE BEEN WRAPPED UP MUCH SOONER HAD THIS CHILD JUST KNOWN A FEW BASICS ABOUT HIS PHONE NUMBER OR WHERE HE LIVES.